SEC ប្តឹង Binance ចំពោះការបំពានច្បាប់អាមេរិកជាច្រើន។

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The Securities and Exchange Commission sued cryptocurrency trading platform Binance on Monday for operating an illegal exchange in the U.S.—the latest in a series of moves from U.S. regulators to crack down on crypto firms.

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The lawsuit alleges Changpeng Zhao, the company’s founder, and Binance misused customer funds in some cases by diverting them to a trading entity controlled by Zhao called Sigma Chain, while Binance also allegedly moved billions of dollars to another company Zhao controlled called Merit Peak.

Sigma Chain purportedly engaged in “manipulative trading” that artificially inflated Binance’s trading volume, the SEC said.

The SEC alleges Zhao and Binance publicly claimed the company was created as a separate, independent trading platform for U.S. investors but the company and its founder secretary controlled Binance.US platform’s operations behind the scenes.

Among the evidence cited in the SEC complaint is a quote from Binance’s chief commercial officer that says: “We are operating as a fking unlicensed securities exchange in the USA bro.”

In response to the lawsuit, Zhao tweeted the company hadn’t seen the complaint and would respond when it did.

The SEC filed the lawsuit in D.C. federal district court.

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This is far from the first time Binance has been in hot water with regulators. In March, U.S. regulators alleged that Binance and Zhao evaded Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules. Meanwhile, the SEC has reportedly been conducting a months-long investigation over whether Binance illegally sold digital coins when the company was starting out in 2017. Binance’s cryptocurrency token, known as BNB, is currently among the world’s largest. In a separate matter, Binance is being investigated by the Justice Department over its program to detect money laundering. The company’s chief strategy officer told the កាសែត Wall Street Journal the company expects to pay monetary penalties to settle the investigations into the company.

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In the past few months, several crypto firms have been hit with civil lawsuits, as U.S. regulators continue to crack down on the industry. The SEC charged cryptocurrency trading platform Beaxy earlier this year for failing to register as a securities exchange. The SEC alleged the company’s founder misappropriated customer money and Beaxy ultimately shut down. Kraken, another crypto exchange, settled with the SEC last month after being accused of not registering under securities laws. The most notable of the crackdowns happened last year when cryptocurrency giant FTX collapsed and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried was charged with fraud.

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U.S. Regulator Says That Binance Illegally Helped Americans Trade On Its Exchange (Forbes)